Best of the South: From Ten Years of New Stories from the South - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565121287 ISBN 13: 9781565121287

Publisher: Algonquin Books, 1996

Synopsis

Since 1986, New Stories from the South has brought the best short fiction of the year to the attention of a national audience. The series has been called “the collection others should use as a model” (the Charlotte Observer), and for twenty years it has held to that standard.

When Anne Tyler helped us celebrate the first ten years of the series in Best of the South, 1986–1995, the reviews were ecstatic. “A triumph of authentic voices and unforgettable characters,” said Southern Living. “An introduction to some of the best writers in the world today,” raved the Northwest Arkansas Times. Now that the anthology has reached its twentieth birthday, Anne Tyler has done it again. From the 186 stories found in the ten volumes from 1996 to 2005, she has picked her favorites and introduced them with warmth, insight, and her own brand of quiet literary authority.

Once again, her choices reflect her love of the kind of generous fiction she has called “spendthrift.”Here are twenty stories—by both famous and first-time writers, from Lee Smith and Max Steele to Gregory Sanders and Stephanie Soileau—that hold nothing back.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

When Anne Tyler helped us celebrate the first ten yers of New Stories from the South, 1986-1995, the reviews were ecstatic. "The twenty tales here epitomize the qualities readers treasure in the best southern literature: a rich appreciation of language and humor, as well as a dead-on sense of place and character," said People. "A triumph of authentic voices and unforgettable characters," said Southern Living. "Classics of the Southern short story form....Any one of them deserves a review of its own," raved the Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Now that the anthology has reached its twentieth birthday, Anne Tyler has done it again. She has picked her twenty favorites from the ten volumes published between 1996 and 2005 and has introduced them with warmth, insight, and her own brand of quiet literary authority.

About the Author:

Shannon Ravenel has edited New Stories from the South since 1986. Formerly editorial director of Algonquin Books, she now directs her Algonquin imprint, Shannon Ravenel Books. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

About this edition

• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1565121287
• ISBN 13: 9781565121287
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 423
• Editor: Ravenel Shannon